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An Associated Press Newspaper
100th Year. No. 338.
Slansky Hanged
With 10 Others
In Czech Purge
Clementis Also Dies;
Similar Trials Seen
In Other Satellites
By th« Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 3.—Ru
dolf Slansky, former boss of the
Czechoslovak Communist Party, i
was hanged today with 10 others l
who once worshiped at the shrine;
of Joseph Stalin. They died at
Prague's Pankrac Prison as
traitors to Stalinism.
Prague Radio announced the ex-t
ecutions, carried out only six days;
Three Ukraine Officials Sentenced to
Death for Embezzlement. Page A-8
after the 11 were sentenced to
death. This foreshadowed a pos
sible new and even broaaß - purge
of Czechoslovak Communist ranks.
Eight of those executed, includ
ing Slansky, were Jews whose
wooden confessions in their trial
had the appearance of a concerted
attack by the Communist Party on
world Jewry. Three others who
were tried drew life sentences.
Confessions Heard.
Slansky, with former Foreign
Minister Vlado Clementis and the
others, confessed to a long list of
crimes against Stalinism. Those
included “Trotskyite, Zionist,
bourgeois-nationalist” activities, i
plotting with “Anglo-American;
imperialists” and other actions
communism regards as treason.
Most of the purge victims had
been high in Communist Party
councils, giving the trial the ap
pearance of a climax of a strug
gle for power between Slansky
and President Klement Gottwald.
But the anti-Zionist tone of the
proceedings indicated the purge
was to spread to all the other
satellite Communist countries
and perhaps even to the Soviet
republics inside the U. S. S. R.
Within the Soviet Union itself
there were signs of a growing
reign of terror, particularly in re
publics such as the Ukraine. There
a Soviet military court has just
sentenced three high party trade
officials to death as “enemies of
the people” for embezzlement. The
heavy sentence was highly unusual
for this crime, rife throughout the
whole U. S. S. R. The charge
that the three hid gold acquired
in their operations hinted that
the Ukranian underground move-;
ment, rising out of its own ashes,!
was active again and the real
target of the crackdown.
Other Trials Expected.
Trials now are expected in Ro
mania, where Ana Pauker, who is
Jewish and a former party boss,
has fallen from grace with many
others; in Poland and in the other
satellites. In Czechoslovakia it!
looked like only the beginning of
a reign of terror among party
stalwarts who backed the wrong
horse. The assignment of a new
ambassador from Prague to Mos
cow and the arrest of the foreign l
trade minister, announced yester-,
day by Prague Radio, hinted at
more bloodlettinf in the purifica
tion of the Czech party.
The swiftness of the executions
in Pankrac Prison came as a
surprise. There had been some
thought that the 11 would be
spared long enough to testify
against others in the forthcoming
purge, but apparently Gottwald
did not want to risk the wait.
Kremlin Spokesman Dies.
Those who died with Slansky,
and Clementis were:
Bedrich Geminder, former head
of the Communist Party’s inter
national section and Kremlin
spokesman in Prague.
Otto Sling, former deputy sec
retary general of the party.
Ludvik Frejka, former head of
the state economic commission.
Bedrich Reicin, an ex-general
and former deputy defense min
ister.
Otto Fischl, former deputy fi
nance minister.
Rudolf Margolius, former deputy
trade minister.
Andre Simone, ex-editor of the ;
Czech Communist newspaper Rude
Pravo.
Josef Frank, formerly Slansky’s!
deputy and a member of the
party’s presidium.
Karl Svab, ousted last year as
deputy minister of state security.
The othei three defendants in
the mass trial were given life
(See PURGE, Page A-4.)
Experiments Mac[e
To Return Red Cells
To Blood Donors
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 3. A
blood transfusion technique now
under experiment would return to
a blood donor the red cells taken
from his body. *
Dr. Joseph Stokes, jr., physician
in-chief at Children’s Hospital
here, said the process is based on
the principle used to separate
cream from milk. A centrifuge
whirls the freshly drawn blood at
tremendous speed separating the
plasma from the blood. Then the
blood is reinjected into the donor.
Dr. Stokes said the method will
Increase the supply of gamma
globulin, the fraction of blood that
protects against polio and some
other diseases.
Return of the red blood cells
may make possible as many as
50 transfusions a year from an
individual instead of the five or
six now believed to be the safe
maximum.
Phone ST. 5000 S ★★ WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952— EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. MIS CENTS
New-Type Pentagon Report
Omits Korea Casualty Total
To Stress That Majority Return to Duty,
It Merely Lists Dead, Wounded and Missing
By John A. Giles
The Pentagon today issued a
new type Korean war weekly cas
ualty summary with the total
figures deleted, but an unofficial
tabulation showed that our casu
alties had increased 386 in the
last week for a new total of 127,-
383.
Ever since the start of the Ko
rean war the Defense Department
;has issued weekly summaries based
’on notification to next of kin
through the previous week.
The summaries always have
started off with the total over-all
casualty figures, and the totals
| for the Navy, Army, Marine Corps
and Air Force.
Today’s summary lacked these:
totals and a spokesman said it
was designed to emphasize the!
killed, wounded and missing cate
gories. Nowhere did the report!
carry the word “casualties.”
No Warning to Reporters.
The new type summary, issued
without warning to reporters,;
came as a result of a concerted
Pentagon camplhgn to “get over
to the public that all casualties
are not dead and the thought
that 85 out of every 100 wounded
in Korea recover sufficiently to
return to some form of duty.”
On November 13, Maj. Gen.
George E. Armstrong, Army sur
geon general, asserted at a news
conference:
“If there is some way to con
vince the citizens that the
wounded figure does not represent
Reporter Reindicted
On Charge of Posing
As Federal Official
New Count Specifies
'lntent to Defraud' in
Getting Secret Data
By tha Associated Press
Ray Brennan, Chicago Sun-
Times reporter, was indicted for
a second time today on a charge
of posing as a Government official
to get secret testimony given
Senate crime investigators.
An earlier indictment was dis
missed last week while under
heavy attack from defense attor
neys who contended it was de
fective. The case was presented
to a second grand jury imme
diately.
The new indictment contains
two counts, instead of the single!
count in the original indictment.
Specifies “Intent to Defraud.”
One count charges that Mr.
Brennan, on or about November
1, 1950, “with intent to defraud
the Alderson Reporting Co,” false
ly pretended that he was office;
manager of the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee and by that
false representation attempted to
obtain a transcript of the testi
mony of Chicago Police Capt. Dan
Gilbert.
The second count, generally fol
lowing the language of the first,
alleges that Mr. Brennan “in such 1
pretended character demanded
and obtained” a transcript of
Capt. Gilbert’s testimony, “prop
erty of the Alderson Reporting Co.,
of value of about $15.”
Capt. Gilbert had testified be-!
fore the committee in secret ses-|
sion.
At the time, he was chief in
vestigator for the Cook County
(Chicago) State’s Attorney and
also was the Democratic nominee
for sheriff.
The Sun-Times published his
testimony on November 2. 1950.
Lost the Election.
In the elation five days later,
Capt. Gilbert was overwhelmingly
defeated in normally Democratic
Cook County.
Dubbed “the world’s richest po-i
liceman” by the crime investiga
tors, he testified he had made!
; thousands of dollars in market j
speculations and in wagbring on
sports events and elections.
The Sun-Times said the com-i
mittee had sought to suppress
Capt. Gilbert’s politically explosive
testimony until after the election.
It said the committee had neither
the moral nor legal right to su
! press testimony for political pur
poses.
Each count in the new indict
ment against Mr. Brennan carries
a maximum penalty, upon con
viction, of SI,OOO fine or three
years in prison.
Quake Rocks Leyte Island
MANILA, Dec. 3 (JP). —A strong
earthquake early today rocked the
jWest Coast of Leyte Island in the
I central Philippines. It began at
:4:34 a.m. and lasted 30 seconds.;
! the government geophysical de
partment announced.
Here's a Story About a Flyer,
A Judge, a Fine and a Letter
By lha Associated Prass
FAIRFIELD. Calif., Dec. 3.—A
Navy jet pilot, Ensign Marvin S.
Cohn of Portland, Oreg., was cited
for automobile speeding here No
vember 4 while awaiting shipment
to Korea.
Justice of the Peace Georgia
Crowley received a letter from En
sign Cohn two weeks ago saying:
“I will be unable to appear in
court as my ship has sailed for
| Korean waters. . . .
“However, I would caution you
to submit any financial claims
rapidly, because jet flying, espe
cially in the Korean theater, has
V V J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
I the dead loss, we have gone a
Hong way to take some of the
bugaboo off this particular con
flict.
“The average American, hearing
casualty figures, visualizes that
much of the flower of American
manhood is going down the drain
100 per cent.”
During World War II Secretary
Stimson issued weekly summaries
listing total casualties by theaters
of operations.
Today’s summary displayed
prominently the words that “serv
ice records indicate that of the
92,256 wounded, 85 per cent—
more than 78,000 —have been re
turned to duty.”
22,331 Battle Deaths.
It also showed that battle deaths
now total 22,331. Non-combat
casualties are not announced.
Os the total combat deaths
20,004 were killed in action, 2,011
died of wounds and 216 are miss
ing in action and known dead.
A total of 11,405 are missing in
action, of whom 1,970 are known
to be prisoners of war, the sum
mary showed.
The total death category in
cluded 18,389 Army, 3,102 Marine
Corps, 481 Air Force and 369
Navy.
The Army listed 70.276 wounded;
the Marines, 20,644; the Navy,
1,297, and the Air Force, 39.
Os the missing total the Army
reported 10,064; the Air Force,
780; the Marines, 485, and the
Navy, 76.
Jubilant NAM Hails
Republican Victory
As Convention Opens
Randall, Foe of Truman,
Named 'Man of the Year'
For Role in Steel Strike
By Francis P. Douglas
Star Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—The big
gest convention in the history of
the National Association of Man
ufacturers opened today with the
members looking to January 20
and the Republican administra
tion of Gen. Eisenhower for the
dawn of a bright new day.
For almost all of the last 20
years the NAM has been in op
position—outside looking in. The
tenor of the speeches indicates
the members feel the weary years
of wandering In the wilderness
are coming to an end and the
promised land beckons.
But some speeches also strike
. a serious note: That business
must live up to the responsibili
ties it expects to have in the com
bing administration.
Attendance is put at between
i 3,000 and 4,000 members at this
57th convention which is called
the Congress of American In
, dustry. The final event is to be
ran address Friday night by Gen.
I Douglas Mac Arthur.
Truman Foe Honored.
A new fllip was given the Tru
iman-NAM feud today, when
Clarence B. Randall, president of
the Inland Steel Co. of Chicago,
was named the “NAM Man of the
Year.”
President Truman in the past
has assailed the NAM as the
epitome of big business bent on
taking from the common man the
’ advantages he enjoys. This was
particularly true in the 1948 cam
paign.
Mr. Randall is the steel man
who gave Mr. Truman a bare
fisted going over in a speech re
! plying to the seizure of the steel
companies last spring. That
speech shocked some of his listen
ers. But the NAM asserted it
won for Mr. Randall “the acclaim
of thinking Americans every
where.”
, i
Mr. Randall was selected for
| the award—the first time it has
1 been presented—by a group of
; former directors and other vet
erans in the organization given
; the pleasant cracker-barrel ap
pellation of the “Old Timers
Council.”
s The initial and keynote speech
, was delivered by Earl Bunting,
. NAM managing director .and
former president of the O’Sullivan
Rubber Heel Co. at Winchester,
Va.
; He interpreted the results of
! the November 4 election as a
. rejection of big government, a de
; fiance of big labor and a mandate
, ifor “sanity and in
(See NAM, Page A-3.)
turned out to be hazardous.” And
. he mentioned the possibility of
, the justice receiving an “address
ee deceased” letter in return.
Judge Crowley sent a request
, that the fine be paid. It came
back yesterday stamped “Addressee
, Deceased.” Across a corner of the
letter was scribbled:
“Ensign Cohn was killed in his
: jet plane when it crashed aboard
■ the U. S. S. Philippine Sea No
vember 18 while on training
i maneuvers.”
; In San Francisco, Ensign Cohn’s
sister, Mrs. A. B. Sanford, con
i firmed the report of his death.
Loyal Workers'
Jobs Are Safe r
Dulles Pledges
Secretary-Designate
Talks With Acheson
And Lovett Here
By John M. Hightower
Astociatad Pra« Staff Writer
John Foster Dulles, who will be
the next Secretary of State, de
clared at the State Department
today that “loyal servants of our
Government have nothing to fear”
from the Eisenhower administra
tion.
He specifically promised that
the Foreign Service will be “pro-
Picture on Page A-3
tected as a nonpartisan career
group.” Foreign Service officers
are the professional diplomats
who represent the United States
abroad.
At the same time Mr. Dulles
asserted that “many angles . . .
need to be looked into and will
be looked into very thoroughly.”
He did not amplify this point.
Half-Hour Conference.
Mr. Dulles conferred with Sec
retary of State Dean Acheson for
30 minutes beginning about
9:30 a.m., was photographed with
Mr. Acheson and by himself.
; talked briefly with reporters and
!then went to the Pentagon, where
he conferred with Secretary of
Defense Lovett for 35 minutes.
He said that otherwise today he
would see Assistant Secretary of
State John Allison, who recently
returned from a tour of the Far
East, and would dine tonight with
Undersecretary of State David
Bruce. From Mr. Bruce, he inti
mated, he expects to receive five
books describing United States
foreign policy, how it is made
and hew it operates, as well as
current, urgent problems over the
world and plans for dealing with
them.
First Since Election.
The visit was Mr. Dulles’ first
to the State Department since the
political campaign during which
he bitterly criticized Acheson poli
cies. It also was the first occasion
on which a prospective Republican
official has offered what amounted
to a promise of job protection for
"loyal servants” of the Govern
ment in the department which the
Republicans have assailed most
strenuously and continuously.
Among the critics. Senator Mc-
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin
has charged—and the Truman ad
ministration has denied that
there were Communists in the de
partment.
Mr. Dulles made elear his dec
laration of protection is limited
by saying of the Foreign Service:
“In so far as it is sound and free
of corruption, it should be pro
tected and I believe will be pro
tected by the new administra
tion.”
His reference to corrption and
possible unsoundness followed by
his comment that “many angles”
will be thoroughly looked into in
dicated that he may have in mind
a sweeping .investigation of the
whole Department and Foreign
Service.
Won’t Occupy Office Now.
Mr. Dulles told questioners he
does not expect to take an office
in the State Department now—
although the department was pre
pared to provide any of several
offices for him and officials had
hoped he would spend most of his
time there.
He said that on this first visit
he would be in Washington until
tomorrow afternoon and that be
tween now and the January 20
inauguration of the Eisenhower
administration he would be here
intermittently.
His conversation with Mr.
Acheson, Mr. Dulles said, was con
cerned with “the problems of
transition which will be involved
in the incoming of the Eisenhower
administration.” He said Mr.
Acheson had additionally men
tioned to him the action in the
United Nations on Korea (a U. N.
General Assembly committee yes
terday voted down a Russian plan
for dealings with truce negotia
tions).
Mr. Dulles said he did not in
tend “at this time to get into any
matters of substance.” A reporter
suggested that he would not then
be sharing any responsibility for
policy making. Mr. Dulles said,
“I don’t have time to share it
adequately and don’t intend to
share it inadequately.”
More Rain or Snow
Due Here Tomorrow
Something more like normal
fall weather—cloudy with tem
peratures reaching into the 40s—
replaced the snows in Washing
ton today.
However, the Weather Bureau
served notice of rain or snow
tomorrow afternoon, following a
night when the mercury will fall
to about 30 degrees.
The storm expected tomorrow
started several days ago on the
Pacific Coast as high winds and
rain. It is due to reach this area
in somewhat milder fashion.
National Airport reported serv
ice near normal today. Yester
day’s flights were hard hit by bad
weather ranging over a large part
of the country.
Road conditions in this vicinity
were good today and the Ameri
can Automobile Association re
ported improvement on the
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
turnpikes where travel was slowed
yesterday.
C’rv-fy/ DIDN'T YOU DEAD
Stevenson Sees Truman Today
To Discuss Party's Future Role
Will Be White House Guest Until Friday
For Talks With Democratic Leaders
Gov. Adlai Stevenson comes to
Washington today to discuss the :
future of the Democratic Party
with President Truman. i
The meeting is expected to de- 1
fine the role the two men will 1
play in rebuilding the party on ]
the wreckage of the November •
election defeat—the Illinois Gov
ernor as titular leader and the 1
President as the top “elder states- 1
man.” I
Gov. Stevenson is arriving at
National Airport at 5:28 p.m. from |
Stevenson to Speak at CIO Rites Today : 1
Memorializing Murray. Page A-10ij
Atlantic City, where he is attend- 1
ing a CIO memorial today for
Philip Murray, former president !
of the labor organization, and one !
of Gov. Stevenson’s stanchest
backers in his unsuccessful race! 1
for the Presidency.
He will be a guest at the White
House until Friday morning. He 1
flies back to Springfield after at
tending the President’s final din- J
~
Seat Pleasant Doctor ;
Routs Armed Robbers;
Despite His 72 Years !
i
A 72-year-old doctor admin- ]
istered to two armed stickup men!]
with his fists last night and the (
treatment was successful. They
fled without getting his money. ,
The doughty physician was Dr. ]
Zadoc M. Brady, whose office is at i
6715 Roosevelt avenue in Seat (
Pleasant.
He said the two men, both young ]
and colored, entered the office
about 7:30 p.m. One carried an'
automatic pistol. ,
“The one with the gun said, ]
‘This is a holdup,’ ” Dr. Brady said,
“and I said, ‘the hell it is! Be ;i
damned if you’re going to do any •
holdup in here,’ and then I just !
punched everybody in sight.”
Was Knocked to Floor.
1 He said they knocked him down. :
He struggled to his knees and ;
crawled toward a back room where j
he keeps a revolver.
The gunman pistol-whipped ;
him, he said, opening a gash in '
the back of his head. The blows :
stunned Dr. Brady but he got to 1
his knees again. Then the two
ran. j;
“I managed to get my gun and :
I went after them.” he said. “I ’
saw a car leaving out front, but I j
was afraid to shoot because I
wasn’t positive it was them. I 1
would have shot right through the
car if I was sure.”
Had SSO in Pocket.
He had about SSO in his pocket,
he said. The youths, though, were i
in too much of a hurry to leave to
go through his pockets while he
was stunned.
Dr. Brady has been practicing 1
for 47 years—4s of them in his i
present location. i
“I think I’m one of the three ;
longest practicing doctors in
Maryland.” he said. I
He and his wife live at 5534 i
Parkland court. Parkland Village, i
District Heights. j
$95,000 in Money Orders
Stolen on Subway Train
By tha Associated Prats
NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—Loss of
a small leather bag containing
$95,000 worth of negotiable
American Express Co. domestic
money orders on a crowded sub
way train last night was reported
to police by a company salesman.
Richard J. Kehoe, 50, an Amer
ican Express salesman for 10
years, said the bag disappeared
from between his feet as he was
reading a newspaper.
Police, catching up with the
train at the end of the line, found
no trace of the bag or money or
ders.
ner to the Cabinet, tomorrow
night
Gov. Stevenson will be met on
arrival here by Presidential Secre
tary Matthew J. Connelly and Act
ing Press Secretary Roger Tubby,
who will escort him to the White
House.
The Governor will dine with
the President and Mrs. Truman
tonight but there will be no other
guests.
Mr. Tubby told reporters to
day that he was in touch with
William M. Blair, Gov. Steven
; son’s assistant, who said there
had been no details worked out
for possible conferences with party
leaders tomorrow.
The Governor will attend the
usual morning meeting of the
White House staff in President!
Truman's office. Sitting in on that
meeting will be Dwight Palmer,
Democratic treasurer, and Clayton
Fritchey, newly-named deputy
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, and until re
cently an administrative assist
ant to President Truman.
No Stress on Finances.
Mr. Tubby 8a id Democratic
Party matters would undobutedly
come up but that the presence
lof Mr. Palmer did not indicate
that party finances will be
stressed.
The Governor may attend
President Truman’6 news confer
ence at 4 p.m. tomorrow after
noon, but Mr. Tubby said he did
| not expect there would be a Joint
conference.
Some former members of the
cabinet, as well as those who now
make up the President’s official
family, will be at tomorrow night’s
dinner, but it was questionable
today that a guest list would be
made public.
Gov. Stevenson will occupy a
White House bedroom once oc
cupied another resident of Spring
field—Abraham Lincoln.
The President and Gov. Steven
son are getting together for the
first time since the election, and
a general stock-taking is expected
to develop from the conference.
After more than three decades
in politics, from the grass roots
level on up, the President prob
ably his own ideas as to
what should be done, but he has
stressed that he regards Gov. Ste
venson as the leader of the party,
and his course no doubt will be
guided accordingly.
Party Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell told a news conference
yesterday—first since November 4
—that he believes the Governor
must continue to act as standard
bearer, but says he does not know
how to describe his duties.
“Active Titular Leader.”
“The active titular leader” was
the expression Mr. Mitchell used
when he smilingly replied to a
question as to whether Gov. Ste
venson would be the active or
titular head of the party.
Mr. Mitchell said he intends
to remain as party chairman “on
an indefinite basis” and plans to
travel over the country meeting
State and local leaders.
Members of the Stevenson-
Sparkman Club of the District are
arranging to be on hand at the
airport to welcome the Governor
this evening.
Pullman Villages to Hold 8,000
To Be Set Up for Inauguration
Pullman villages will be estab
lished at eight or nine points in
and near the District next month
to accommodate a part of the
overflow crowd coming here for
the inauguration.
Railroad officials, who have dis
cussed arrangements with District
40,000 Parade Seats Available to Public
for Inaugaration. Pago A-4
authorities, said they do not know
the exact number of visitors who
will get sleeping accommodations
Star’s New Phone Number
Beginning Saturday, The Star’s phone
number will be Sterling 3-5000. Remember
to call this number for all the services of
Washington’s great home newspaper.
New York Markets, Page A-27,
Opposition of Tail
To Durkin Believed
Caused by Policy Riff
Ohioan Is Seen Peeved
By Failure to Name
His Choices for Posts
By J. A. O'Leary
The big question in the Taft-
Eisenhower rift today was whether
it is an all-out war, or merely a
localized battle over the handling
of labor policy in the new admin
istration.
When the Ohio Senator lashed
out yesterday at the President
elect’s choice of Martin P. Durkin,
an AFL official, for Secretary of
Labor, he did not clearly indicate
whether he would try to block
confirmation.
The Associated Press reported
that the Senator, who is at his
home in Cincinnati, declined to
say whether he would fight the
nomination in the Senate.
Would Face Hard Fight.
Most observers here agreed that
Senator Taft would face an uphill
fight trying to block the nomina
tion even if he was disposed to go
that far. Although he is chair
man of the Senate Labor and
Welfare Committee, to which the
appointment would be referred,
the belief Is strong at the Capitol
that the Democrats would join
with most Republicans in support
ing Mr. Durkin.
There was a tendency in polit
ical circles here to regard the
Taft statement more as a move
by the Ohio Senator to let Gen.
Eisenhower know that he is not
pleased by the consideration
shown his recommendations for
cabinet posts.
The supporters of Gov. Dewey
of New foe of the Taft
wing of the party, have received
the lion’s share of appointments
thus far.
Another big question mark to
day was whether the Taft out
burst against the Labor Depart
ment appointment will have any
effect on the selection of a floor
leader by Senate Republicans.
Bridges Could Avert Fight.
Senator Bridges of New Hamp
shire, the present leader, could
avert a fight over the post by
announcing that he will keep the
job. If he gives it up for the
honor of being chosen as President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, a
contest for leader is in prospect
between Senator Taft and Sen
ator Knowland of California, who
was one of Gen. Eisenhower's
close advisers during the cam
paign.
Although the few Democrats
who are here were chuckling yes
terday over the early explosion in
Republican ranks, the Taft state
ment is not likely to produce a
serious split in Congress.
Old-timers at the Capitol are
predicting that Republicans gen
erally will be eager to follow Gen.
Eisenhower on most matters, re
membering the big popular vote
he received in the election.
Senator Jenner, Republican, of
Indiana reflected this attitude last
week when he said the 1953 ses
sion of Congress will be like the
first 100 days of Franklin D.
(See TAFT, Page A-3.)
in their cars, but some estimates
exceeded 8,000.
Some details of the railroad
sleeping-car arrangements were
made public by William A. Xanten,
District sanitation superintendent.
In 1949 the railroads provided
overnight accommodations in ap
proximately 200 cars.
Spokesmen said cars would be
parked on the Fourteenth street
tracks near the Bureau of Engrav
ing. at Union Market, and points
in the Benning yards, Kenilworth,
Ecklngton and possibly Rosslyn.
Youth, 15, Shot
As Police Chase
5 In Stolen Car
Crash Into Three
Other Autos Causes
$1,430 Damages
Police ended a wild chase early
today by shooting one of five
youths fleeing in a stolen car.
The getaway attempt ended in the
600 block of L street S.E. with
the stolen car crashing into three
others for a total $1,430 damage.
Robert Abbey, 15. of the 900
block of Second street S.E. was
taken to Gallinger Hospital, seri
ously wounded in the back. He
and another of the youths, all of
whom are colored, escaped re
cently from the Industrial Home
School at Blue Plains.
Two of the five got away after
the crashes but police know them
and expect to pick them up today.
Those who were captured ad
mitted stealing two other cars
with the object of taking one to
South Carolina to sell, police said.
Police Become Suspicious.
The high-speed chase began at
Second and L streets S.E., when
Detective Sergt. James K. Hunter
of the sex squad and Detective
. Delmer F. Reid, driving a cruiser,
became suspicious of the carload
of boys.
That started the zig-zag pur
suit, twisting from block to block
until the stolen car rammed one
belonging to Herbert Moore, 644
L street S.E., causing S3O damage.
It bounced off this machine
into one owned by James F, West,
633 L street S.E., for S3OO damage,
and wound up plowing into the
car of James Grunt, 631 L street
S.E., with another SIOO damage.
The stolen car, belonging to H.
E. Rodda, 20 West Ewell avenue,
Alexandria, was taken from Sec
• ond and M streets S.E. November
25. Police said it was almost de
[ molished and damage would
, reach SI,OOO.
Three Dash Into Alley.
When the five youths piled out,
l Detective Reid grabbed two of
■ them, aged 19 and 15. The other
, three dashed up an alley.
I Sergt. Hunter said he fired three
! warning shots in the air and then
: shot at the youths. One of the
shots brought down the Abbey
. boy. He was taken first to Cas
| ualty Hospital, then transferred
5 to Gallinger.
[ The youths in custody admitted
1 stealing another car since recov
ered on Central avenue in Prince
Georges County, and a third car
t stil missing. They had paced the
[ Maryland license plate of one of
. the cars on the stolen Virginia car
, they were driving. Two extra
. batteries were found in the
I wrecked car.
Police said the 19 year old,
Ulysses S. Brooker of the 1300
' block of Half street S.W., was a
larceny parolee from the National
Training School. He had a record
for purse snatching. The Abbey
boy has a previous record for
| auto theft.
Charges of auto theft and un
authorized use of an auto will be
’ placed against those under arrest.
' Those under 19 will be turned
. over to juvenile authorities.
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott,
, chief of detectives, commended
. Sergt. Hunter and Detective Reid
j for their work.
Fire Rages 45 Minutes
! Aboard Queen Mary
By the Associated Press
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec.
■ 3.—Firemen wearing smoke masks
fought 45 minutes before putting
out a fire today aboard the giant
liner Queen Mary.
’ The blaze, which started in a
| D Deck cabin wardrobe, was dis
’ covered by a watchman The
1 liner is now in drydock for her
1 annual overhaul.
Cunard Line officials said the
ship would be ready to return to
trans-Atlantic service December 16
as scheduled.
I .
Star Yuletide Serial
For Children Begins
A CHRISTMAS STORY—A prince,
a villain, pirates and Santa Claus all
are in The Star's annual yuletide serial
story, written especially for children by
Lucrece Hudgins Beale. Read chapter
I of "Santa and the Pirates" on
page C 12.
ATOMIC ROADBLOCK—Bomb pro
duction is hamstringing peacetime ap
plication of atomic energy. Robert M.
Hutchins, noted educator, sets forth the
problem in the second of a series on
page A-8.
COMMISSIONER'S WlFE—Staff
Writer Isabelle Shelton interviews the
wife of Col. Louis W. Prentiss, District
Engineer Commissioner-designate. Page
B-3.
MAYOR BY LAW—With most of his
fellow citizens working for the Gov
ernment, Mayor Irving M. Day of
Somerset, Md., practically fell into hit
job. Read why on page A-2.
CREWCUT CONGRESSMAN-Stuy
vesant Wainwright, 31-year-old Rep
resentative-elect from Long Island,
favors a crewcut. A profile of this
Yale graduate is on page A-37.
SERVICEMEN'S NEWS—A roundup
of news about District servicemen and
women is on page B-16.
Guide for Readers
Amusements A-36 Lost and Found A-3
Classified . C-4-10 Obituary A-26
Comics —C-12-13 Radio-TV „..C-U »
Editorial A-24 Sports C-l-4
Edit'l Articles. A-25 Woman's
Financial A-27, Section B-l-7